Heliconia irrasa
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Heliconia irrasa is a species ofthe Heliconia family (Heliconiaceae). It is native to Central America.
description
Heliconia irrasa is an evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant , vegetatively similar to a banana plant and with a height of 1.5 to 2 meters. The longest leaves are up to 100 centimeters long and 27 centimeters wide.
The up to 29 centimeters long inflorescences hang down, each inflorescence has six to nine spiral-shaped, wavy bracts . Each coil consists of 10 to 15 flowers , the flower envelope is white to pale yellow at the base, then yellow. The sepals are glabrous to slightly downy hairy on the edges.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
distribution
Heliconia irrasa is native to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described in 1975 by Robert Roy Smith .
literature
- Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weissenhofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An Introductory Field Guide To The Flowering Plants Of The Golfo Dulce Rain Forests Costa Rica. In: Stapfia. Volume 78, Linz 2001, p. 140, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT
Individual evidence
- ^ Heliconia irrasa at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Heliconia irrasa. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 10, 2018.